Area Students Collaborate at GRACE

Students from Herndon, South Lakes and Pimmit Hills high schools are taking part in the annual Emerging Visions exhibit at the Greater Reston Arts Center through April 15, collaborating on works that blend science and art.

The annual exhibit provides local students with the opportunity to work with other artists their own age from either their own school or another participating school. It also offers the opportunity to show their art in a gallery setting. This year’s exhibit, “Fusion,” is based on Rebecca Kamen’s “Divining Nature: An Elemental Garden.”

Kamen’s fall exhibit at GRACE combined art and science, creating a large-scale installation based on the periodic table of elements. Students taking part in “Fusion” were instructed to create a work of art using science as a springboard for ideas. The students were also encouraged to collaborate with science students this year. “Fusion” includes photography, graphic design, sculpture, pen and ink drawing, and other forms of media.